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For more than two decades, the Internet Society has worked to expand the Internet globally – not simply creating new users, but establishing a path for those users to evolve into creators and...
View ArticleFreedom, security and trust
On May 31st, just a few days before revelations around the PRISM/NSA affair became public, the Internet Society helped organize a discussion at the UN’s Human Rights Council focused on Internet...
View ArticleA sustainable Internet for sustainable development
I recently had the opportunity to make an oral intervention on behalf of the Internet Society at the Economic and Social Council, the U.N.'s main policy forum on economic and social issues.The main...
View ArticleWhy understanding Internet security and resilience is important when talking...
The open and global nature of the Internet, built on open standards, voluntary collaboration, reusable building blocks, integrity, permission-free innovation and global reach (the “Internet...
View ArticleVoluntary Initiatives as a source of policy-making on the Internet
For many years, I have observed that the Internet is adopting many self-regulation frameworks to address a variety of issues. Indeed the Internet has benefited from self-regulation as an efficient way...
View ArticleA perspective on principles for Internet surveillance
In recent weeks we have seen an emerging debate on government surveillance activities and their impact on users' fundamental rights to privacy and freedom of expression. Part of this global debate...
View ArticleNew OIAC Report Offers Insight Into How To Continue Growth Of Open Internet
This past week, an Advisory Committee to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, the Open Internet Advisory Committee (OIAC), released its 2013 Annual Report. Within this report are a series of...
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Improving Local Connectivity: Developing IXPs in Suriname
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are widely recognized as an integral element for Internet access and development worldwide. At the Internet Society, we have a long track-record of working with...
View ArticleBuilding bridges to protect creativity
On my way to Bali for the 2013 Internet Governance Forum (IGF), I realize that there are a lot of expectations and hopes for this meeting. Lately, the Internet governance landscape has been changing in...
View ArticleProtect the Open Internet, Protect Your Freedom
Read our full publication on The Value of Openness for a Sustainable InternetAlthough the Internet’s original architects likely did not intentionally conceive the Internet as a tool to advance human...
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ISOC members @ ICANN 48: challenges on Internet Governance
The Internet Society held its usual ISOC@ICANN meeting yesterday and I had the pleasure of welcoming the 100th Chapter: Paraguay. We had an interesting discussion on the challenges ahead in the rapidly...
View ArticleHuman Rights Day: 20 years of the Internet and Human Rights
The Internet's relationship with human rights can tentatively be traced back to the very foundations of this global network, with the creation of the Internet Protocol suite (TCP/IP) some 40 years ago.
View ArticleWhen law isn't enough
While an individual’s privacy must, in appropriate circumstances, give way to matters of public interest such as safety, law enforcement and security, what recent events have shown us is that some...
View ArticleIntroducing Internet Society’s Intellectual Property Issues Paper
What made an organization like the Internet Society draft an issues paper on Intellectual Property? What is the aim of this paper? How does the paper relate to overall Internet governance discussions?...
View ArticleLibraries and Public Access
Last month, courtesy of our kind host, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), I had the opportunity to participate in the annual IFLA World Congress in Helsinki....
View ArticleFrom Tunis to Baku and Bali
Should the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) have gone to Baku? This question dominated discussions before and during the recent IGF and was an issue discussed widely among participants as well as in the...
View ArticleTowards Enhanced Cooperation on Human Rights
Some reflections on the IGF, the Internet and human rightsIn a previous blog I argued how important it was holding the 2012 IGF meeting in Baku, as it provided an amplifier for discussing local and...
View ArticleWrite Your Own Definition of Personal Data
A micro blog for a micro survey. What if you could decide what online data is covered by privacy and data protection laws?Why should that data be protected?How would you define "personal data"?...
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